Vomiting at Night?

Natalie has been throwing up at night for the past 4 days. I thought it was just a stomach bug since all 3 of us in the house had some symptoms over the past week....but this just seems odd. My mom had it first, then Natalie, then me. My mom only vomited once, and I never did. Natalie had diarrhea for a couple of days, and threw up at night one of those days. She is fine during the day, eats just a little less than normal, no fever or other symptoms.

Twice she did not cry or alert me, I just found it in the morning. This freaks me out, so I have been sleeping really lightly. Tonight she woke up screaming at 445, I went in and right as I got there she threw up. I cleaned her up, changed her sheets, etc. and she went right back to sleep.

Has anyone else dealt with the baby only puking at night and being otherwise ok?

(I will be calling the dr in the morning, and she has her 15 mo scheduled for Tuesday anyway...I am just wondering if she is the only one...)

I am so worried for her...I had a disorder where I would have bouts of awful vomiting every couple of months from the time I as 5 thru 5th grade. I don't want that for her. :-(

Natalie has been throwing up at night for the past 4 days. I thought it was just a stomach bug since all 3 of us in the house had some symptoms over the past week....but this just seems odd. My mom had it first, then Natalie, then me. My mom only vomited once, and I never did. Natalie had diarrhea for a couple of days, and threw up at night one of those days. She is fine during the day, eats just a little less than normal, no fever or other symptoms.

Twice she did not cry or alert me, I just found it in the morning. This freaks me out, so I have been sleeping really lightly. Tonight she woke up screaming at 445, I went in and right as I got there she threw up. I cleaned her up, changed her sheets, etc. and she went right back to sleep.

Has anyone else dealt with the baby only puking at night and being otherwise ok?

(I will be calling the dr in the morning, and she has her 15 mo scheduled for Tuesday anyway...I am just wondering if she is the only one...)

I am so worried for her...I had a disorder where I would have bouts of awful vomiting every couple of months from the time I as 5 thru 5th grade. I don't want that for her. :-(

Dorian had something similar last week. He vomited all night the first night and it was a lot of vomit! I called the doctor and she said to just keep him hydrated. I guess that was Tuesday? My husband got it too, but it was a 24 hour bug for him. After 4 days, Dorian stopped puking, but his appetite hasn't returned yet. He's mostly just drinking milk and water and eating crackers still.

One thing the nurse recommended was to give him very little bits of water or pedialyte after he puked, like a tablespoon. Then in five minutes give him a little more, this helps keep him hydrated but doesn't upset his stomach. Sure enough, if he drank a full cup of water he'd puke 10 minutes later but the little bit of pedialyte could be kept down.

I hope she feels better. It was nasty.

Dorian had something similar last week. He vomited all night the first night and it was a lot of vomit! I called the doctor and she said to just keep him hydrated. I guess that was Tuesday? My husband got it too, but it was a 24 hour bug for him. After 4 days, Dorian stopped puking, but his appetite hasn't returned yet. He's mostly just drinking milk and water and eating crackers still.

One thing the nurse recommended was to give him very little bits of water or pedialyte after he puked, like a tablespoon. Then in five minutes give him a little more, this helps keep him hydrated but doesn't upset his stomach. Sure enough, if he drank a full cup of water he'd puke 10 minutes later but the little bit of pedialyte could be kept down.

Sounds similar to Kellen a few weeks ago. He woke up around 8 pm the first night and puked every 20 minutes for 4-5 hours (mostly dry heaving). He seemed a little better the next day and ate some toast and banana but later that day puked again. The next two days he seemed ok during the day (still not much of an appetite) but threw up a few hours after he went to sleep. I ended up taking him in and the dr told me its harder for little ones stomaches to recover, even when the virus has passed, so she recommended 24 hrs of clear liquid only with no throwing up before he ate any food. She also said, when they are at the throwing up regularly stage give them a syringe of pedialite every 10-15 minutes but no more. We did the 24 hrs of clear liquid and it did the trick. Hope everyone is feeling better soon.

btw - we had him sleep in a play pen in our room until he made it a whole night without puke because I was scared too :)

Sounds similar to Kellen a few weeks ago. He woke up around 8 pm the first night and puked every 20 minutes for 4-5 hours (mostly dry heaving). He seemed a little better the next day and ate some toast and banana but later that day puked again. The next two days he seemed ok during the day (still not much of an appetite) but threw up a few hours after he went to sleep. I ended up taking him in and the dr told me its harder for little ones stomaches to recover, even when the virus has passed, so she recommended 24 hrs of clear liquid only with no throwing up before he ate any food. She also said, when they are at the throwing up regularly stage give them a syringe of pedialite every 10-15 minutes but no more. We did the 24 hrs of clear liquid and it did the trick. Hope everyone is feeling better soon.

btw - we had him sleep in a play pen in our room until he made it a whole night without puke because I was scared too :)

I'm comforted to know others had similar bugs. I had said yesterday that I thought maybe her system just had a harder time with the bug than ours did, so hopefully that is just it. The nurse line for the pedi office basically said to keep doing as we are (pedialyte and bland foods) unless she gets worse, and we will just go to her appt on tuesday. She wouldn't eat anything at lunch today, but has been snacking on crackers here and there. I will have to try the small amounts of pedialyte method though, I had just been handing her a cup of it and letting her drink what she wanted. Thanks everyone!

I'm comforted to know others had similar bugs. I had said yesterday that I thought maybe her system just had a harder time with the bug than ours did, so hopefully that is just it. The nurse line for the pedi office basically said to keep doing as we are (pedialyte and bland foods) unless she gets worse, and we will just go to her appt on tuesday. She wouldn't eat anything at lunch today, but has been snacking on crackers here and there. I will have to try the small amounts of pedialyte method though, I had just been handing her a cup of it and letting her drink what she wanted. Thanks everyone!

Yeah it was weird how me, hubby, and my older daughter had it for the 24 hours but Dallas' lasted so much longer. He did end up getting dehydrated but we gave him tons of pedialyte and that helped get his electrolytes back up so he didn't have to stay overnight in the hospital. I must have spent over $100 in pedialyte that week!

Yeah it was weird how me, hubby, and my older daughter had it for the 24 hours but Dallas' lasted so much longer. He did end up getting dehydrated but we gave him tons of pedialyte and that helped get his electrolytes back up so he didn't have to stay overnight in the hospital. I must have spent over $100 in pedialyte that week!

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